oil stick and pencil on canvas, with artist's frameClearing
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The artwork features a captivating interplay of colors and shapes that create an otherworldly, dreamlike atmosphere. The dominant hues of green and blue evoke a serene, natural landscape, while the enigmatic black shapes and floating orb suggest a mysterious, celestial presence. The bold, expressive brushstrokes and blended textures lend a sense of depth and motion to the composition, inviting the viewer to ponder the symbolic significance of the imagery. This piece likely reflects the artist's personal interpretation of the relationship between the natural and the supernatural, exploring themes of the unknown and the transcendent. ...
Viewing Harold Ancart’s paintings begins with a recognition of naturally occurring elements or forms – seascapes, sunsets, icebergs – but his works move beyond representation. They draw out, magnify and invert natural colour palettes, simultaneously simplifying and complicating forms, and leaning into abstraction. The artist presents technicolour vignettes of minute acts alongside seismic shifts. The geometry of Ancart’s forms, and the play and tension between surface and depth is reminiscent of Bay Area Figurative Movement painter Richard Diebenkorn. Ancart is also inspired by Frank Auerbach and Oskar Kokoschka, which is apparent in his bold use of colour and his embracing of expressionism and representation with a reluctance to be consigned to either genre.
Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...
C L E A R I N G is a contemporary art gallery based in New York, Los Angeles and Brussels. The gallery was founded in 2011, with the focus of showing emerging art. It now represents over 20 living artists, providing many of them - such as Harold Ancart, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Chase Hall, Calvin Marcus and Marina Pinsky - with their first gallery exhibition. The gallery also represents the estates of Eduardo Paolozzi, Bruno Gironcoli and René Heyvaert. C L E A R I N G supports its artists by producing works, exhibitions and books, as well as working closely with public and private institutions. ...
